Neil Hopcroft

A digital misfit

Södertalje

Södertalje Syd

Just outside Södertalje is a Scania truck factory. There is a massive rail interchange associated with it, though I’m not sure they still use rail as a major transport for their finished vehicles.

Södertalje runestone

In a little park outside Södertalje station is another runestone, this one larger than most of the others I have seen, so I didn’t recognise it at first. “Holmfastr (and) Hróðelfr had the runes carved in memory of … … Ingifastr, their sons. They were in the east(?). And Œpir carved.”

Södertalje

The town of Södertalje lies some 30km to the south of Stockholm. There is a canal passing through the town, joining Lake Mälaren with the Baltic Sea. It is also the home town of Björn Borg. The town itself is a fairly small and unexciting place, though some of the views along the canal give it a […]